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How challenges change the way you think

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From the Frontiers press release: Research published today in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience shows that challenging situations make it harder to understand where you are and what’s happening around you. A team of researchers showed participants video… 

How memories ripple through the brain

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From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke press release: Using an innovative “NeuroGrid” technology, scientists showed that sleep boosts communication between two brain regions whose connection is critical for the formation of memories. The… 

Study suggests babies can use context to look for things

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From the Brown University press release: Just six months into the world, babies already have the capacity to learn, remember and use contextual cues in a scene to guide their search for objects of interest,… 

Study examines how the brain beats distractions to retain memories

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From the National University of Singapore press release: Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have recently discovered a mechanism that could explain how the brain retains working memory when faced with distractions. These…